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<div><h1>peek -- examine contents of an object</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>peek s</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>s</tt></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>a <a href="___Net.html">net</a></span>, a net or string that displays the contents of <tt>s</tt> to depth 1, bypassing installed methods for displaying the object</span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div>This function is used during debugging Macaulay2 programs to examine the internal structure of objects.<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : set {1,2,3}
o1 = set {1, 2, 3}
o1 : Set</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : peek oo
o2 = Set{1 => 1}
2 => 1
3 => 1</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : new MutableHashTable from {a=>3, b=>44}
o3 = MutableHashTable{...2...}
o3 : MutableHashTable</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : peek oo
o4 = MutableHashTable{a => 3 }
b => 44</pre>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_peek_sq_lp__Z__Z_cm__Thing_rp.html" title="examine contents of an object">peek'</a> -- examine contents of an object</span></li>
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